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The Georgia Institute of Technology will hold its Fall 2022 Commencement ceremonies Dec. 16 – 17 at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

This semester's ceremonies celebrate 1,500 bachelor’s students, 3,760 master’s students, and 360 doctoral students. Three distinguished speakers — all of them familiar with the Georgia Tech experience — will address graduates as they embark on their post-graduate lives and careers.

Lizanne DeStefano at White House Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence

Summit launches national initiative to expand access and opportunities in STEM and medicine fields.

2022 BBISS Faculty Fellows

Nine new Faculty Fellows were appointed to the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS), including Jenny McGuire, assistant professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences with a joint appointment in the School of Biological Sciences.

Facundo Fernandez

Facundo Fernández, Regents’ and Vasser Woolley Professor and Associate Chair for Research and Graduate Training in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is set to join the board of directors of the Metabolomics Association of North America.

FoR: M.G. Finn Image

This installment of the Faces of Research Q&A series is with M.G. Finn, who chairs the School of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Georgia Tech.

Dean Raheem Beyah at Drew Charter School

 The Institute continues to expand access to Georgia residents.

Experts In The News

A special issue of Pure and Applied Functional Analysis honors mathematician School of Mathematics Regents' Professor Leonid Bunimovich on his 75th birthday. 

Bunimovich's pioneering contributions have shaped modern dynamical systems. He is best known for discovering a fundamental mechanism of chaos in dynamical systems, including systems of chaotic billiards such as the Bunimovich stadium, Bunimovich flowers, and elliptic flowers. Learn about his research in this 2023 news story: Bringing Understanding to Chaotic Dynamics with Billiards, Flowers, and ... Mushrooms?

Georgia Tech School of Mathematics March 16, 2026

If you’ve walked the aisles of a grocery store, scrolled through social media, watched television, or set foot in a fast-casual restaurant chain in recent months, you know that protein is having its moment.

So, why are brands pushing protein? An International Food Information Council study found that 70% of adults are looking to increase their protein intake. But as it makes its way into more products than ever before, is it too much of a good thing?

Lesley Baradel is a registered dietitian, nutritionist, and lecturer in the College of Sciences at Georgia Tech. In this episode of "Generating Buzz", she digs into the protein-packed trend, with implications ranging from health and wellness to marketing and how the rise of GLP-1s factors into the increased focus on the macronutrient.

Futurity March 5, 2026